New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

New York City FC

1 – 1

Full Time

Philadelphia Union

Sun 7 Nov 2021 · 20:30 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Gedion Zelalem 21' Y

Gedion Zelalem 21' R

Gedion Zelalem 23' R

Y 25' Jakob Glesnes

Y 31' Kai Wagner

Y 50' Jose Andres Martinez

Jesus Medina 82' Y

Y 85' Alejandro Bedoya

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

New York City FC 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 34 games · 50 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

New York City FC 20 games · Avg 3.0 goals Philadelphia Union

Last 5 meetings

2021-11-07 New York City FC 1–1 Philadelphia Union 2021-08-18 Philadelphia Union 1–0 New York City FC 2021-05-01 Philadelphia Union 0–2 New York City FC 2020-07-09 New York City FC 0–1 Philadelphia Union 2019-10-06 Philadelphia Union 1–2 New York City FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Nov	Philadelphia Union	H	1–1	D
30 Oct	Internacional CF Miami	A	3–1	W
27 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
23 Oct	D.C. United SC	H	6–0	W
20 Oct	Atlanta United FC	A	1–1	D
17 Oct	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Nov	New York City FC	A	1–1	D
31 Oct	FC Cincinnati	H	2–0	W
27 Oct	Toronto FC	A	2–2	D
23 Oct	Nashville SC	H	1–0	W
21 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	2–3	L
16 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

New York City FC		Philadelphia Union
#10	Position	#6
42	Points	50
34	Played	34
10 / 12 / 12	W / D / L	14 / 8 / 12
49	Scored	66
45	Conceded	52
+4	GD	+14
1.24	PPG	1.47
29%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

24% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

New York City FC are 10th (42 pts). Philadelphia Union are 6th (50 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Philadelphia Union

0-15

4/6

16-30

6/7

31-45

8/7

46-60

12/2

61-75

17/5

76+

8/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski	19 G	2 A
Bruno Damiani	13 G	3 A
Cavan Sullivan	9 G	6 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Yankee Stadium. Ninety minutes of football awaits between New York City FC and Philadelphia Union.
5' New York City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Gedion Zelalem made 301 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
20' Both keepers have barely been tested. New York City FC and Philadelphia Union are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
21' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Gedion Zelalem.
23' New York City FC player sees a Red card in front of him.
25' The referee shows Philadelphia Union player a Yellow card on 25.
27' Kacper Przybylko is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
31' Kai Wagner was booked on 31.
36' New York City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
41' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Philadelphia Union winning 50% of all matches.
46' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
50' Jose Andres Martinez is having his name booked by the referee on 50.
53' GOAL! Valentin Castellanos scores on 53.
58' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
63' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
66' Philadelphia Union ring the changes. Leon Flach has done his job and it is now time for Jack McGlynn to step up.
71' Malte Amundsen has been relatively quiet despite scoring 9 goals in his last 291 appearances.
76' It looks surprising Philadelphia Union does not make any changes. Olivier Mbaizo has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
81' It is a substitution in Philadelphia Union team. Kacper Przybylko is replaced by Cory Burke on 81 minute.
82' Poor challenge from Jesus Medina. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
85' Alejandro Bedoya catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 85.
89' The whistle greets Santiago Rodriguez as he departs to be replaced by Tayvon Gray.
90' The whistle greets Jamiro Monteiro as he departs to be replaced by Jesus Bueno.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jim Curtin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Cory Burke	6
Valentin Castellanos	5
Daniel Gazdag	4
Maxi Moralez	4
Julian Carranza	3
Alejandro Bedoya	3
Alonso Martinez	3
Ismael Tajouri	2

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2021-11-07 New York City FC 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2021-10-30 Internacional CF Miami 1–3 New York City FC W 2021-10-27 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-10-23 New York City FC 6–0 D.C. United SC W 2021-10-20 Atlanta United FC 1–1 New York City FC D 2021-10-17 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New York City FC L

Philadelphia Union Form

2021-11-07 New York City FC 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2021-10-31 Philadelphia Union 2–0 FC Cincinnati W 2021-10-27 Toronto FC 2–2 Philadelphia Union D 2021-10-23 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Nashville SC W 2021-10-21 Minnesota United FC 3–2 Philadelphia Union L 2021-10-16 Montreal Impact FC 2–2 Philadelphia Union D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.65 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.25 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC46% Draw26% Philadelphia Union28%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.9

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

72%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

54%

New York City FC or Philadelphia Union

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC33% Draw45% Philadelphia Union22%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

1 – 0

8.2%

2 – 0

7.4%

0 – 0

7.3%

1 – 2

6.8%

0 – 1

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 1

0 – 2

4.2%

3 – 0

3 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	21%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	16%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.